Form update

Created CreateResourceForm in forms.py and updated views.py to utilize the new custom form. This form will more appropriately handle multiselect fields. Still need to add the ability to add a new author.

python-in-edu/resources/forms.py

@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+from django import forms
+from .models import Resource, ResourceType, ResourceAudience, Device, ResourceUseType, ResourceLanguage
+
+
+class CreateResourceForm(forms.ModelForm):
+    class Meta:
+        model = Resource
+        # fields = '__all__'
+        fields = [
+            'title',
+            'description',
+            'requires_signup',
+            'license',
+        ]
+
+    description = forms.Textarea()
+
+    resource_types = forms.ModelMultipleChoiceField(
+        queryset=ResourceType.objects.all(),
+        widget=forms.CheckboxSelectMultiple
+    )
+
+    audience = forms.ModelMultipleChoiceField(
+        queryset=ResourceAudience.objects.all(),
+        widget=forms.CheckboxSelectMultiple
+    )
+
+    devices = forms.ModelMultipleChoiceField(
+        queryset=Device.objects.all(),
+        widget=forms.CheckboxSelectMultiple
+    )
+
+    use_type = forms.ModelMultipleChoiceField(
+        queryset=ResourceUseType.objects.all(),
+        widget=forms.CheckboxSelectMultiple
+    )
+
+    languages = forms.ModelMultipleChoiceField(
+        queryset=ResourceLanguage.objects.all(),
+        widget=forms.CheckboxSelectMultiple
+    )

python-in-edu/resources/views.py

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 from django.contrib.auth.mixins import LoginRequiredMixin
 from django.contrib.auth.models import User
 from django.http import HttpResponseRedirect
+from .forms import CreateResourceForm
 
 
 from .models import Profile, Resource, Author
@@ -56,8 +57,7 @@ def get_context_data(self, **kwargs):
 
 class ResourceCreateView(LoginRequiredMixin, generic.CreateView):
     model = Resource
-    fields = ['title', 'url1', 'url_description1', 'url2', 'url_description2', 'url3', 'url_description3', 'resource_type', 'audience', 'devices', 'requires_signup', 'use_type', 'python_related', 
-    'description', 'author', 'language', 'license', 'contact']
+    form_class = CreateResourceForm
     template_name = 'resources/add_resource.html'
 
     def get_success_url(self, instance):